History of United States Naval Operations in World War II The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942

Published in fifteen volumes, Morison provides a clear & detailed view of American efforts to keep transport lanes open, German reluctance to allocate major resources to the war at sea, & the influence on strategy of what each side thought the other capable. Volume III: The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931- April 1942 chronicles the difficult eagerly months of the campaign in the Pacific, detailing the Navy's reverses at Wake Island, in the Phillippines, & along Malay Barrier.Morison, Samuel Eliot is the author of 'History of United States Naval Operations in World War II The Rising Sun in the Pacific, 1931-April 1942' with ISBN 9780252069734 and ISBN 0252069730.